Pulse of The People: Does your life add up to a negative or positive in God's eye

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Some people view illness as a punishment, a chastisement brought about by ones miscreant behavior in life. Then there are those who read the "tea leaves" of life, DNA. I believe it can be both, one or the other, just bad luck.

A number of years ago I knew this woman in Watervliet. She was high IQ, quick wit, moral woman. The woman had one failing, she lacked compassion for people with disabilities. There are many people like she. Sometimes people see themselves in the disabled and react out of fear or to cover up their weakness. Then there are the ignorant.

The woman in question developed Alzheimer's at a young age and lived a very long time. This does not usually occur since Alzheimer's destroys more than the mind. Having dealt with Alzheimer's patients on the practical not theoretical (medical) level I have some understanding of the illness. Real world.

I have had this theory that the women in question was consigned to wander in her mind trying to find compassion. I know this is very "Catholic" thinking on my behalf but it seems possible. A Lost Dutchman of the mind.

A Welsh historian noted that nations (empires) that treated their subjects or those they had dominion over badly, would fall hard. All nations, people break a few eggs along the highway of life. It is time for America to reflect. America has been instrumental in bringing good things to the world. A light of freedom in a dark world. Now America is turning in on itself. A corrupt federal government, out of control. State governments ranging from bad, New York state to getting better, Michigan and Wisconsin. America has Alzheimer's, we have forgotten our values and are becoming more deranged every day.

Let the 2012 Mayan "event" and Christmas be times of inner reflection and not an excuse to act abnormally and pig out at the shopping centers.

The lady with Alzheimer's is long gone now, hopefully to a peaceful existence. The church (St. Patrick's) she attended will feed stomachs not souls, soon. Maybe her church did not impart the right lessons? Chickens do come home to roost as the not so spiritual Rev. Wright said. Reverend Wright's chickens do not lay eggs, they breed hate and discontent. America is in a phase where she does "wrong things" for good cause. Always a dicey moral dilemma.

There is no happy ending to this letter. Does your life add up to a negative or positive? Not in your mind but in God's eye.